Europe
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Ballot of 300 MPs fails to yield clear result with two rounds left to choose a winner – and polls showing far-left Syriza in the lead
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Shaun Walker: The Russian winter games passed off successfully enough. But with Russia in political and economic turmoil, what next for the Black Sea resort – and its unfinished white elephants?
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Leo Varadkar would support extending access to abortions to Irish women with conditions such as fatal foetal abnormalities
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Editorial: With the fall of the rouble, the Russian president is cornered. Creative western diplomacy must prevent him from pulling his country further into nationalism and military adventures
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Lull in fighting prompts some locals to fear Moscow is retooling its strategy, while others suspect it has abandoned them
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Higher oil prices and Kremlin measures to shore up banks leads to sharp rally in currency ahead of Vladimir Putin’s annual address
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French actor and Russian citizen says luxury depends on ‘spiritual strength’, not rouble, at launch for £10,000 watch called ‘Proud to Be Russian’
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Jobs to go at head office as newly created retail group says half-year profits rose 30% to £78m
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MEPs back compromise motion on Palestine by 498 votes to 88 in latest in a series of diplomatic rebuffs to Israel
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Jewish community leader condemns remarks by Sweden Democrats politician as ‘good old rightwing antisemitism’
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The falling value of the rouble has made foreign holidays and luxury watches ,much dearer for Russians, but foreigners can now buy cheaper caviar
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Russia is being buffeted by a perfect storm as the plummeting oil price and western sanctions weaken the rouble and the wider economy
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European parliament and EU states agree rules to stop shell companies being used to finance terrorism, launder money from criminal activity or evade taxes
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Greece’s parliament begins the process to elect a new president today. If MPs fail to elect a candidate by the end of the year, early parliamentary elections would be inevitable
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Russian president to give annual press conference on Thursday, with currency crisis and economic fallout likely to dominate
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Performances at Milan opera house to begin five minutes after scheduled time to stop spectators becoming angry with ushers
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RFE/RL asks Muscovites for their opinions on why their currency is shedding value, and whether they believe authorities can stem the decline
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The collapse of the Russian currency has prompted a spending spree by consumers desperate to buy cars and home appliances before prices shoot up ever higher
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People in Moscow give their reactions as the rouble spirals into freefall against the dollar and the euro despite the interventions of Russia's central bank
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Eleven member states signed letter opposing withdrawal of draft EU law on air quality and waste
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Failure of parliament to pick a president would trigger national elections that could put country on collision course with creditors, writes Helena Smith
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2014 is set to be Europe’s warmest year on record and greenhouse gas emissions played a major role new research shows
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‘Clash of cultures’ as Lindsay Owen-Jones, a Briton, complains his Val d’Isere apartment is flooded with fatty smells from below
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EU decision to increase allowed catches in most areas good news for British fishermen, but conservationists are dismayed
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On Manning’s 27th birthday, NSA whistleblower praises WikiLeaks source for having ‘inspired an angry public’ with her ‘extraordinary act of service’
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A White House spokesman says the US president will likely sign a bill implementing new sanctions on Russia by the end of the week
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Benchmark crude price drops below $60 as Russia’s dramatic move to raise interest rates to 17% fails to halt currency freefall
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Some savers are taking out every last rouble to invest in resalable goods, while import businesses have been hard hit
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Campaigners welcome deputy prime minister’s announcement, as latest opinion poll shows 71% of electorate would vote yes
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Angus Roxburgh: It’s sheer folly to hope that the country is destabilised and Vladimir Putin overthrown. We’ve no idea what the outcome would be
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Patrick Barkham: There’s a battle looming for control of the north pole, with the US, Russia, Canada and Norway all thinking they have a right to it. They are chasing potential oil and gas, but could distant Denmark have a reason that’s closer to home?
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In Afghanistan, more and more Hazara are preparing to flee the Taliban, just as Australia has started returning Hazara asylum seekers for the first time since 2001
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Russians left wondering whether the good times under Vladimir Putin are over as 17% interest rates fail to save the day
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European laws to boost recycling and cut air pollution deaths will be amended rather than scrapped
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JK Rowling: Isn’t it time we left orphanages to fairytales?